Bioethics & Health News
January 9

January 9, 2006

Stem Cell Therapy Sparks Hope in Ailing Hearts

Esteban Bonilla feels no trepidation as he is wheeled into the operating room of a Bangkok hospital, despite the fact he is only minutes away from starting an experimental stem cell procedure he hopes will keep him alive.
(Reuters)

India ‘Loses 10m Female Births’

More than 10m female births in India may have been lost to abortion and sex selection in the past 20 years, according to medical research.
(BBC)

Sharon Case May Raise Theological Issues

Like nearly everything in Israel, Ariel Sharon’s condition touches both the hard-edged logic of the secular world and the vagaries of faith.
(AP)

Violent Games ‘Affect Behaviour’

Violent computer games may make people more likely to act aggressively, a study says.
(BBC)

Doctors Accepting More Medicare Patients

The percentage of physicians who accept new Medicare patients has increased over the past fours years despite a slight drop in physicians’ reimbursement rates, a study shows.
(AP)

Severe Medical Crisis Reported in Congo

War-ravaged Congo is suffering the world’s deadliest medical crisis, with 38,000 people dying each month, mostly from easily treatable conditions like diarrhea and respiratory infections, said a study published Friday in Britain’s leading medical journal.
(New York Times)